A Court of thorns & Roses: Written by Sarah J. Maas
Release Date: May 5th, 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury's Children USA
Format of Novel: ARC (from a giveaway)
Rating: 5/5 stars
Summary (from good reads): When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discover that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin-- one of the lethal, immortal faeires who once ruled their world.
As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow grows over the faerie lands, and Feyre must find a way to stop it.. or doom Tamlin--and his world--forever.
As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow grows over the faerie lands, and Feyre must find a way to stop it.. or doom Tamlin--and his world--forever.
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Ahh a brand new book from one of my top faves. Isn't beautiful to the naked eye? Yeah I know, I'm late with this review, its been what seven months since its release and only a week since her new TOG series book came out? Oops. Haha. So I hope you peeps can forgive me and read my review on this book anyway okay? (o-o)
Moving on... This book was hands down one of the tops ones for my 2015 reads. I was so moved by how Sarah J. Maas took on the newer genre to her advantage and still managed to kick ass with it like the bad ass that she is. The characters were different compare to the TOG cast, they were more elegant and depressing, but still maintained a personality that brighten the plot in some shape or form. I loved Lucian more when it comes to him and Tamlin because he's snarky and will be blunt about everything Feyre will question once she moved into the castle. He reminded me of Hamlet from Shakespeare because of his 'tragic' past in the story. Tamlin was a interesting and lovable character. He had the elements that matched the Beast and a little bit something more to it as well (like the fae thing).
And Rhysand, holy crap I loved him to bits. He was a darker version of Lucian in my eyes and I was sort of rooting for him to get with Feyre already. And, after hearing about the theories of this story being based on Hades and Persephone's 'romance', I think its safe to say that it will happen, it will. How else are you going to explain their 'agreement' with the rest of the trilogy? I also loved Feyre, she was completely different from Maas's other protagonist, Celaena. She's more driven into her curiosity and her artistic abilities. I like the idea that even though she did match Belle in some shape or form, she does have qualities that are completely different. For example, the inability to read. I found that to be the most interesting part about her as a character. It created a flaw that I haven't seen in books in a while and I wanted to jump right into the book and teach her how to read, (and possibly hug her to death).. Anywho, let's discuss the climax and ending.
The scenes when Feyre entered the queen's castle were a mixture of meyhh and epic. Although I did enjoy the way the sinister the queen was and the trials were gripping with action. But, I didn't like the riddle, it felt to Disney for me. The book is suppose to be New Adult and the riddle's answer sort of took that away from me at the end.
Overall, this book was exciting and I'm glad Sarah J. Maas has another series for us to enjoy. What are your favorite books from this wonderful author? Tell me in the comments below and I'll be back soon with another post, happy howling!
And Rhysand, holy crap I loved him to bits. He was a darker version of Lucian in my eyes and I was sort of rooting for him to get with Feyre already. And, after hearing about the theories of this story being based on Hades and Persephone's 'romance', I think its safe to say that it will happen, it will. How else are you going to explain their 'agreement' with the rest of the trilogy? I also loved Feyre, she was completely different from Maas's other protagonist, Celaena. She's more driven into her curiosity and her artistic abilities. I like the idea that even though she did match Belle in some shape or form, she does have qualities that are completely different. For example, the inability to read. I found that to be the most interesting part about her as a character. It created a flaw that I haven't seen in books in a while and I wanted to jump right into the book and teach her how to read, (and possibly hug her to death).. Anywho, let's discuss the climax and ending.
The scenes when Feyre entered the queen's castle were a mixture of meyhh and epic. Although I did enjoy the way the sinister the queen was and the trials were gripping with action. But, I didn't like the riddle, it felt to Disney for me. The book is suppose to be New Adult and the riddle's answer sort of took that away from me at the end.
Overall, this book was exciting and I'm glad Sarah J. Maas has another series for us to enjoy. What are your favorite books from this wonderful author? Tell me in the comments below and I'll be back soon with another post, happy howling!
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